Ice conveyer



L. F. PIXLEY.

ICE CONVEYER APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1920.

Patented July 25,1922.

WIT/VE-SSES ".i fir LELAND r. 'rIxLEY, or Arron, NEW YORK.

ICE CONVEYER. I

Application filed September 7, 1920. Serial No. 408,768.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, LELAND F. Pixnnr, a citizen 'of the United States, residing at Afton in the county of Chenango and $tate of New York, have invented an Improvement in Ice Conveyors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto an ice conveyer or, carrier particularly adapted for use in icehouses and similar places for shifting cakes'or blocks of ice from one position to another. The object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus to which the in vention relates in the use of which the ice may be readily placed upon the conveyer and when on the same is prevented automatically from shifting its position, while the use of the apparatus permits the operator to convey the ice from one place to another and to remove the same from the carrier as readily as the ice was placed thereon.

In carrying out the invention the appa as to prevent the same from shifting trans versely of the conveyer. Furthermore, the extremities of the runners are preferably tapered to points so as to enable the operator to readily place the ice on the conveyer, and each runner is also preferably curved so that the conveyer may be tilted in moving the same to such an angle as to prevent the ice from slipping ofl. Still furthermore, in some instances, if necessary the conveyor may be provided with a device for positively engaging a cake or block of ice to prevent the same from slipping off the conveyer.

The ice conveyer made in accordance with my present invention will be hereinafter more particularly described in conjunction with the accompanymg drawings, 1n Wl11Cl1,-

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the conveyer.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but on a smaller scale to illustrate the manner in which the conveyer is used in placing the block or cake of ice thereon.

Referring particularly to the drawing, the ice conveyer made in accordance with my invention comprises a plurality of runners,

'althoughl prefer to employ but two such edge suitably sharpened, the purpose of which, as will hereinafter appear, is to. prevent the cake of ice from shifting transversely of the conveyer by resting upon the sharpened edges of the flanges C. The runners are connected in a substantially parallel position by. cross bars or ties indicated at D and at corresponding ends of the runners there are connected thereto handles E. Extending between the handles E at the outer or free ends thereof is a cross or connecting bar indicated H.

Also as indicated in the drawing the forward ends of the flanges G extend an appreciable distance beyond the runners B and are tapered so as to terminate in a point as is indicated at F. These tapered ends of the flanges C, as will now be apparent, enable the operator readily to force the extremity of the flanges beneath a cake or block of ice or between cakes or blocks of ice so as to shift the ice from its position in the ice house or elsewhere to place on the conveyer, and when in the position as indicated,

for example in Fig. 2, the weight of the ice in sliding onto the sharpened edges of the flanges C causes grooves to be out therein into which the flanges or the sharpened edges of the flanges fit so as to prevent the ice from shifting transversely of the conveyer. As will also be understood, in view of the curved bearing surface of the bases of the runners, the operator may tilt the conveyer at such an angle as to prevent the ice from sliding off while being transferred from one place to another.

Also as indicated in the drawing, I may employ a dog or gripper G for engaging the ice while on the conveyer to prevent the ice from slipping off of the conveyer. This dog, as indicated, may comprise a pin fixed adjacent the end of a rod G which is pivotally mounted as indicated at G so as to swing on the central cross bar D. The rod G terminates in a handle G which extends upwardly and substantially parallel with the handles E so that when necessary the dog G may be operated to engage a cake or block or" ice when in position on the conveyer to prevent the same from sliding off. It will be understood, however, that in some instances, and particularly for moving the ice relatively short distances the dog G may be entirely dispensed with.

I claim as my invention:

1. .An ice conveyer comprising a plurality of runners each having a, relatively wide base, and a longitudinal rib having asharpened. edgeto receive and support a cake of ice and to prevent the same from shifting laterally of the conveyer.

2. An ice conveyer comprising a plurality of runners each having a relatively wide base, each having a longitudinal rib with a" sharpened. edge to receive and support the ice and to prevent the same from shiftin laterally of the conveyer, each of the; said ribs extending beyond the forward end, of a runner and tapered so as to terminate in a l. An ice conveyer comprising a pair, of

runners each having a relatively wide base curved longitudinally, and a longitudinal rib, extending; upwardly at substantially right angles therefrom and having a. sharp,-

ened supporting edge to receive and prevent a cake of ice from shifting laterally of the conveyer, the forward ends of each'of the said longitudinal ribs extending beyond the forward end of its runner and tapered so as to terminate in a pointed extremity. 5. An ice conveyer comprising a pair of runners each having a relatively wide base and a longitudinal rib having a sharpened edge to receive, support, and prevent a cake of ice from shifting laterally of the conveyer, means for connecting the runners and their longitudinal ribs, and handles connected to and extending from corresponding ends of the said runners for operating the conveyer. v

6. An ice conveyer comprising a pair of runners each having a relatively wide base and a longitudinal" rib, with a sharpened supporting edge to hold a cake of ice and to prevent the same from shifting laterally of the conveyer, cross bars for connecting the runners and their longitudinal ribs, handles connected to the said runners, a dog, and a bar upon which the said dog is mounted, the said bar being pivotally connected to one of the cross bars of the conveyer and terminating in a handle substantially parallel to the aforesaid handles.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 22nd day of July, 1920.

LELAND F. PIXLEY'. \Vitnesses:

E. M. VANLEIN, H; D. OWENS. 

